PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for franchiseloop.com.  This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by this web site.  It will notify you of the following:

1. What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the web site, how it is used and with whom it may be shared.
2. What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data.  
3. The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information. 
4. How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
5. Our responsibilities and policy changes.

Information Collection, Use, and Sharing

Public

You have come to us looking for information on franchising and franchise organizations. You may voluntarily fill out request for information forms for many of these companies. If you fill out our information request form any of our request information forms, we will forward that information, including your address, phone numbers and email, to the company you are interested in. We will also store the information onsite in a secure location for our own records. We are not responsible for the manner in which third-party advertisers choose to provide you with more information. We do not give your information to any companies whose information you have not specifically requested.

We also offer you the option of saving your information for the duration of each session you are online with us. That means, if you fill out contact information for one company, we keep track of the information until you log off. Once you log off, the information is no longer saved. You would have to reenter information for any new requests the next time you return to franchiseloop.com.

Newsletter

If you choose to subscribe to the franchiseloop.com newsletter, we will use your contact information to send you any new newsletter editions as they are published. We will not sell, loan, or rent this list to our partners or any third-parties.

Blogging

You will have the opportunity to comment on any news articles we publish. Your username will appear on our website if you choose to make a comment in the blog. Although we will collect your email prior to posting your comment, your email will not appear on franchiseloop.com.

Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.

Franchisors/Advertisers

If you are a franchisor, or advertiser on our site, you can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number given on our website:

• See what data we have about you, if any.
• Change/correct any data we have about you.
• Request removal of your information.
• Request that we not contact you with further advertising opportunities.
• Express any concern you have about our use of your data.

Access to and Control over Information

You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You may also opt out of receiving the newsletter at any time by sending an email to info@franchiseloop.com. If you have voluntarily requested more information from any of the franchise organizations/advertisers on our site, your information will be sent to them. To opt out of receiving more information from a particular advertiser, you will have to contact those companies individually.

We also store request form information for business and quality assurance purposes. However, we do not sell, loan or rent this information unless you voluntarily fill out a request for information form instructing us to do so.

Security

We take precautions to protect your information.  When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline as long as it is in our hands.

Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information.  The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.

Aggregate information

To provide the best possible Web site for your use, franchiseloop.com may use standard technologies including “cookies” and server logs to collect information about Web site traffic patterns. This data collection allows for a statistical analysis of general usage data on items such as: date and time of use, pages viewed, time spent on the site and websites visited in connection with the franchiseloop.com site. This information is a tool we use to constantly improve and revise the Web site for your use.

Web Links

Franchiseloop.com may provide links to other websites we believe you may find helpful or interesting. We are not in any way responsible for the privacy practices or content on these or any other third party websites. It’s important to be aware of privacy policies as you travel through the Web and review the policies of sites you frequent regularly.

Policy Changes

From time to time it may be necessary for Franchise Loop to amend this privacy policy. We reserve the right to make those changes at any time. We recommend that you revisit the policy on occasion to ensure you have the most accurate, up-to-date information on data collection and security practices. Your use of our website and its contents is voluntary and constitutes acceptance of our terms of service. Information carried on the franchiseloop.com website is deemed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed.

If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately via telephone at 800-689-8933 or via email info@franchiseloop.com.